Colby Everette Jones is a basketball player from America. He was born on May 28, 2002, and plays basketball for the Xavier Musketeers basketball team. Colby began played basketball at Pinson Valley High School in Pinson, Alabama. He primarily plays as a power/small forward for the Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball team.
As a sophomore at Pinson, Colby averaged 23.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. He faced a coaching change at Pinson and transferred to Mountain Brook High School in Mountain Brook, Alabama. As a junior at Mountain Brook, Colby played under coach Bucky McMillan. He averaged 14 points, five rebounds and three assists per game. His high school won its third straight Class 7A state title. Colby Jones and his teammate Trendon Watford had a vital role in this success.
Following his senior year, Colby left his high school and started playing college basketball for Xavier over Alabama, Auburn, UAB and Georgia. Due to COVID-19 contact tracing, the first five games of the regular season were cancelled. On January 10, 2021, Colby played his first match for the college team against the Providence Friars men’s basketball team. During his freshman season, he averaged 7.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game. Additionally, Colby was selected to the Big East All-Freshman Team.
Colby Jones Height
An American basketball player, Colby Jones is 6 feet 5 inches (1.98m) tall and weighs around 94 kg. A player with such a tall height like Colby is likely to score more points and rebounds in the matches.
Some surveys claimed that the average height of the players in the National Basketball Association is 6 feet 6 inches (in shoes).
Colby Jones Wingspan
Wingspan is the fingertip-to-fingertip measurement of the player’s arms when the arms are fully stretched. In Sports, it is also called “Armspan” or sometimes “Reach”. This word is normally used in the case of planes or birds. It is used to measure the distance between the tips of the wings of birds or aeroplanes.
Colby Jones, a basketball player, has a wingspan of 6 feet 8 inches. Having such a large wingspan is very beneficial in basketball. It helps to trace the path of the shots and handle them easily. The players like Colby Jones can deflect or block the shots very easily and can dominate over their competitors. Wingspan generally equals the player's height; in some cases, it can go slightly above the body height.
FAQs
A. Colby was born on May 28, 2002, in Birmingham, Alabama.
A. Colby Jones attended Pinson Valley High School in Pinson, Alabama and later moved to Mountain Brook and joined Mountain Brook High School.
A. An American basketball coach, Bucky McMillan, guided Colby Jones at Mountain Brook.
A. Colby Jones has a wingspan of 6 feet 8 inches.
A. Lesley Bryant is Colby Jones’ mother.